Nobody ever
expected it to be such a success. Yarn packages were sold out even before we
began. The supplier suggested to start at the end of January instead of January
5th……so they could make new packages. Not a problem, let’s do that.

After a few weeks we did get the message the yarn factory (somewhere in
East-Europe) and the people who make the skeins (somewhere in the south of the
Netherlands) couldn’t deliver in time due to the large amount that was ordered.

Let’s delay
the start again, they said. We didn’t want that, everyone is waiting anxiously
for us to start. So, we decided to give a few parts every other week, instead
of every week. Unfortunately, a lot of people weren’t happy with that.
Therefore we decided to do that only 3 times and after that we are going to
make new files in which we sometimes do a little more crochet work per week.
This way, we will end at the date we’ve originally planned. And that worked
very well, people even didn’t notice when we had “more work to do”.

How nice
was it to see all the beautiful afghan grow during the process. And people were
very enthusiastic! Very nice to see all that.

After a few
weeks we’ve noticed some remarks about alternative yarns…. People using that
needed much more yarn than we did…. oh my. We did make the same pattern in
various yarns and we have to agree. It looks like Durable Breikatoen works
differently that alternative yarns. Sadly, there’s nothing we could do about
that, but it is very annoying when you use alternative yarn.

For now
we’ve reached the end of our (crochet)project and we’ve just released the last
pattern and the edge. Everyone can now finish their afghan. We’d love to see
the end results!!

We would
like to thank our supplier, G. Brouwer & Zn, for their trust in us. Thank
you, warehouse employees, for making all the packages, sometimes even after
office hours and in weekends.

Thank you,
testers! They’ve tested the patterns a bit different than they’ve ended up in
the files. They made a small blanket, using just the 9 patterns only once.

Thank you,
all you crocheteers! For all your remarks and enthusiasm. Thank you for helping
each other online and sometimes even in real life! That the power of the CAL
group!

We hope
you’ve enjoyed crocheting with us and hope to see you in another project!